The RPCS3 Sony PlayStation 3 emulator has added another PS3 game to its “Playable” list. The RPCS3 team announced the development on X, noting that the news is significant given how few games RPCS3 still cannot properly emulate on PCs. The title in question is Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), also known as Sonic ’06.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) was a 2006 reboot of the iconic franchise that debuted on the Sony PS3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360. Despite introducing 3D levels and multiple playable characters, both old and new, Sonic ’06 proved a disappointment. The game fell flat and was hated by both critics and users. As a result, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) holds a 46 on Metacritic, alongside an equally disappointing 5.3 user score.
That said, RPCS3 finally being able to play the game on PCs serves as a crucial milestone from a game preservation standpoint. The RPCS3 team reported on X that lead developer elad335 fixed a “synchronisation issue in our emulation of the SPU MMIO” by “making the PPU return from an SPU SNR push event at the same time as the SPU wakes up”. With the issue now resolved, the RPCS3 database currently has no known issues plaguing Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
Finally, with Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) now fully playable on PCs, RPCS3’s “Playable” list currently covers 79.95% of the PS3 library. There are now only 27 games (0.73%) in the “Intro” list and 697 games (19.32%) in the “Ingame” list. Given the pace of RPCS3’s development, it won’t be long before the emulator can play over 80% of the PS3 library.
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RPCS3 on X, Teaser image source: Adam Mills on Unsplash, RPCS3, edited
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